Spent brass with primer side down on slide works well too. Another method is to load cylinder / magazines for the shooter - randomly place in a snap cap. You will see any and all jerking when the shooter anticipates a shot and no bang.Tex1961 wrote:Sort of a different encounter I had many years ago. Sometime around 1993 or so. I was working on a phone system at a DPS station in the San Antonio area. I had been there for about a week so kind of started getting to know a few of the officers. One day I got into a conversation with one of them about shooting and told him how much and often I liked to shoot... He didn't believe me and so he pulled his service revolver, removed the ammo and handed it to me. He put a dime on the end of the barrel and told me to fire it without having the dime fall off the end. I was able to pull the trigger 6 times in DA without it falling off... His look was priceless.... I kind of just shrugged and grinned at him as I handed him back his revolver. He just couldn't believe one of us civilians had that much control over firing a weapon... Now 25 years later I should probably try that again just to see if I am still steady enough..
Just editing this post.. Now that I had time to think about this encounter, I think I now have a great way to train new shooters. I see so many jerking the trigger. I think this would be an excellent training tool to use before I take them to the range.
Having been a LEO firearms instructor, my experience is the average civilian or recreational firearms enthusiast shoots more in one weekend that the average LEO shoots all year - not surprised you passed the test.